Theater am Rand, Private theater in Zollbrücke, Germany.

Theater am Rand is a private house and open-air theatre at Zollbrücke, a settlement in the Zäckericker Loose district of Oderaue on the Oder. Since 2008 performances have taken place in a timber building without right angles, topped by a solar tower, with 160 to 199 seats, most on plain wooden benches. A green meadow serves as an open-air stage with amphitheatre-like rows of seating.

The project began in 1997 when musician Tobias Morgenstern and actor Thomas Rühmann adapted Annie Proulx's novel The Green Accordion, but the publisher refused performance rights. They staged it once on 31 January 1998 in Morgenstern's weekend house in Zollbrücke before 32 guests, who left money in a bowl. The venue later moved to an open-air amphitheatre and, since 2008, performs in a timber building without right angles.

The name comes not from the Oder border but from Hans-Eckardt Wenzel's song "am Rand"; Wenzel still performs here regularly. There are no tickets: guests pay at the exit, giving what the performance was worth to them. Annual events include the Liederlauschen am Rand festival, an international accordion festival, the OderKurz film spectacle and "Frei Spiel" with students of Berlin's Ernst Busch drama school.

Performances run on weekends from March to December, with no summer break. There are no tickets: payment works on "Eintritt bei Austritt", so visitors give what the show was worth to them at the exit. The hall seats 160 to 199 people, mostly on plain wooden benches, which have had electric seat heating since the 2024 energy renovation.

The name does not refer to the Oder border location but to Hans-Eckardt Wenzel's song "am Rand"; Wenzel still performs here regularly. Since 2008 the hall has been a timber structure without right angles, topped by a solar tower, and its roof and walls were insulated in 2024.